Determine consensus methods for identifying coherent group arguments.
This assessment item accounts for 30% of your final grade for this unit and must be
completed by students as a group. This assessment consists of two parts:
(1). An argumentative essay (15%);
(2). An in-class presentation (15%).
Due: For on-campus students, the presentation component of the assessment is due in
workshops in week 11-12 (specific dates will be announced once the group is finalized). For
distance students, during the arranged Zoom session.
Task: The argumentative essay must be 1500 words (+/-10%) in length. Format and layout in
professional manner ( i.e. 1.5 spacing, 12-size font, Times New Roman). Assessment cover
page included, within the word count. The presentation is 10 minutes long.
Cover page: The essay must include a cover page that contains student names, student
numbers, resident campus, assessment title, and lecturer.
Minimum number of peer-reviewed journal articles to pass: 16 in APA style
Task Description: The objective of this assignment is to build students’ abilities to structure arguments based on evidence and structured reasoning, including identify consensus methods for identifying coherent group arguments.
Topic:
Boards of Directors need quotas for women.
You will then need to identify what would be a good response from both sides. That is, you need to simulate what would be good arguments that the affirmative and the negative teams are likely to provide on the basis of extensive research using a minimum of 10 peer reviewed academic journal articles as references. You will need to organize your arguments into an argumentative essay. Then you will need to put on a presentation/debate/show in class illustrating the entire arguments featuring both sides.
Students are to be assigned into groups of ideally 3 people, one assumes the role of the moderator/ mediator/chair, one argues the affirmative and the other, negative side (If the size of the class is not the multiple of 3, we will allow 2-people group or 4 people group). Each speaker is expected to speak for 3-5 minutes. Be innovative, entertaining and insightful in your mode of delivery, here is a link that might inspire you as a team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzmTOc
Clearly, you need to do a lot of research, formulate your arguments, and remember them by heart before you go on stage to put on an educational show. Essentially, the process most definitely tests your ability to look at a contentious issue, evaluate both sides of the argument and present them in a persuasive manner.
